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The Doctor's Dilemma
A Tragedy in Four Acts and an Epilogue
Written in 1906
Hosted by—Jeremy McCarter
of NEW YORK MAGAZINE
Redpenny—Michael Tisdale
Emmy—Patricia Conolly
Sir Colenso Ridgeon—Brian Murray
Leo Schutzmacher—Howard Kissel
Sir Patrick Cullen—Malachy McCourt
Cutler Wolpole—Timothy Jerome
Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington—Simon
Jones
Dr. Blenkinsop—Lenny Wolpe
Jennifer Dubedat—Kate Baldwin
Louis Dubedat—Mark Saturno
Minnie Tinwell—Sarah Moon
The Newspaper Man—Michael Schulman
Mr. Danby, Secretary—Brent Harris

Synopsis
Shaw's incendiary story follows one Mrs. Jennifer Dubedat who loves
and idolizes her brilliant artist husband, Louis, who is dying of tuberculosis.
She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can
keep only so many patients, and must choose who is worth saving, but is convinced
that Louis' artistic talents make him worthy. But when he and several colleagues
meet Louis, they discover that he is in fact a smooth-talking money-grabbing
scoundrel. They also learn that he has another wife, whom he has abandoned.
So, the doctor has a problem: he can let Louis die, leaving Mrs. Dubedat
with her idealized image, or save him and his artistic talents, but force
her to face his many flaws. It's Shaw taking on the entire medical profession;
along with art, sex and finance.
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